Dinesen, Isak [Karen Blixen]

Winter's Tales [Collection of 11 Short Stories]

New York: Random House, 1942. War-Time Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; the bindings are tight and square. Text is clean; light, even age-toning; the dust jacket has lightly age-toned with minor touches on the corners. 8 inches tall; 313 pages.

A collection of short stories that showcases Dinesen's distinctive narrative voice and her ability to blend elements of folklore, myth, and personal reflection.

Dinesen’s stories feature rich, evocative settings, particularly in Denmark and other parts of Europe, drawing from her own experiences as a writer and her time in Africa

The characters in her stories grapple with existential dilemmas, and the tales explore the tension between individual desires and larger forces of destiny or societal expectations.

Dinesen’s narrative style, which often blends realism with the fantastic, challenges conventional boundaries of genre and form. The collection is seen as a bridge between European modernism and traditional narrative forms, earning Dinesen a reputation as one of the most important writers of her time. [Adapted from Reviews]

Item #19724

Price: $24.00